The paper focuses on the conservation of disused industrial heritage, highlighting the multidisciplinary investigation methodology applied to the Fabbrica Alta in Schio. This multi-storey building represents a significant technological and architectural landmark in Italy’s industrial history. Due to the transformation of the production cycle, the site soon became a historical fragment embedded in the collective memory. Designed in 1861 by Auguste Vivroux and overseen by Caregaro Negrin, the initial plan was changed due to modifications in the textile production processes. The Fabbrica Alta holds significant analytical and conservative interest due to its hybrid construction system. It combines a massive masonry envelope with a cast-iron and wooden frame, reflecting the transition between traditional and modern building techniques at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Promoted by the Municipality of Schio and coordinated by ClusterLab MATESCA at the Università Iuav di Venezia, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza of Verona, the research aims to identify strategies for reintegrating the site into the community. The multidisciplinary methodology merges historical and iconographic analysis with scientific tools, including laser-scanning, topographic and photogrammetric surveys, non-destructive experimental analyses, structural modelling, and archival research. In this way it, is possible to point out cause-and-effect relationships, critical issues, and guidelines for conservation and maintenance. The purpose was to employ a set of interdisciplinary tools capable of integrating and correlating heterogeneous data, to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the building and to inform conservation strategies that enhance the tangible and intangible values embodied by the Fabbrica Alta within the urban and historical context of Schio and the evolution of construction techniques.
Cross-disciplinary and Multiscale Methodological Framework for the Preservation of Industrial Heritage: The Fabbrica Alta Case Study in Schio
Sorbo, Emanuela
;Dandria, Silvia;Spironelli, Gianluca;Tosato, Marco
2026-01-01
Abstract
The paper focuses on the conservation of disused industrial heritage, highlighting the multidisciplinary investigation methodology applied to the Fabbrica Alta in Schio. This multi-storey building represents a significant technological and architectural landmark in Italy’s industrial history. Due to the transformation of the production cycle, the site soon became a historical fragment embedded in the collective memory. Designed in 1861 by Auguste Vivroux and overseen by Caregaro Negrin, the initial plan was changed due to modifications in the textile production processes. The Fabbrica Alta holds significant analytical and conservative interest due to its hybrid construction system. It combines a massive masonry envelope with a cast-iron and wooden frame, reflecting the transition between traditional and modern building techniques at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Promoted by the Municipality of Schio and coordinated by ClusterLab MATESCA at the Università Iuav di Venezia, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza of Verona, the research aims to identify strategies for reintegrating the site into the community. The multidisciplinary methodology merges historical and iconographic analysis with scientific tools, including laser-scanning, topographic and photogrammetric surveys, non-destructive experimental analyses, structural modelling, and archival research. In this way it, is possible to point out cause-and-effect relationships, critical issues, and guidelines for conservation and maintenance. The purpose was to employ a set of interdisciplinary tools capable of integrating and correlating heterogeneous data, to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the building and to inform conservation strategies that enhance the tangible and intangible values embodied by the Fabbrica Alta within the urban and historical context of Schio and the evolution of construction techniques.
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